Rock Meets Hip-Hop, the Metermaids
By YaBoyJaviSince the Beastie Boys there hasn’t been another rap group to combined rock and hip-hop with a touch of old school Motown funk to deliver a much needed change of pace in this cliché rap world. With that said I’d like to introduce Vibe Source readers to the Metermaids.
Unconventional by today’s hip-hop standards, Swell and Sentence’s musical fusion of mash up rock n’ roll alongside gritty break beats and heartfelt lyrics have the Metermaids steadily climbing the CMJ Hip Hop Chart - coming in at #9 this week ahead of notable artists like The Roots, Gnarls Barkley and Immortal Technique.
With songs like the synthesizer-laced “Feel Alive” and “Funk Terrorist,” on their new album Nightlife the duo is establishing quite an underground buzz for themselves.
Listen for yourself. Here is “Funk Terrorist” of their Nightlife album.
Check the Metermaids out at www.metermaidsnyc.com and www.myspace.com/metermaids.
Here is the YouTube link to Funk Terrorist:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OKJ6qua9nSk
Unconventional by today’s hip-hop standards, Swell and Sentence’s musical fusion of mash up rock n’ roll alongside gritty break beats and heartfelt lyrics have the Metermaids steadily climbing the CMJ Hip Hop Chart - coming in at #9 this week ahead of notable artists like The Roots, Gnarls Barkley and Immortal Technique.
With songs like the synthesizer-laced “Feel Alive” and “Funk Terrorist,” on their new album Nightlife the duo is establishing quite an underground buzz for themselves.
Listen for yourself. Here is “Funk Terrorist” of their Nightlife album.
Check the Metermaids out at www.metermaidsnyc.com and www.myspace.com/metermaids.
Here is the YouTube link to Funk Terrorist:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OKJ6qua9nSk
